Milne Land M22/8 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 11.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Volgian zone, Pernaryggen Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984: Gronlands geol. Undersog. 147

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1574: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 16.05.1999

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Taxonomic list

• belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
belemnites
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Hartwellia sp. Kitchin 1926 clam
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968